Picture display box



June 15, 1943. R, wHlTlNG 2,322,078

PICTURE DISPLAY BOX Filed Feb. 17, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I.z g l I127. 5 4

INVENTOR. RICHARD R. WHITING June 943- R. R. WHITING I 1 2,322,073

' PICTURE DISPLAY BOX Filed Feb. 17, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 15, 1943 LINE'E'ED STATES PATENE" @FFICE 2,322,078 PICTURE merrier pox Richard R. Whiting, Norwood, m Application February 1'7, 1941, Serial No. 379,178

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My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in picture display boxes, wherein-sets of stereoscopic pictures are so arranged that the entire set can be viewed without directly handling the pictures. The pictures are so assernbled that the series of cards and their support are removable from the box and a substitute holder and'series of pictures can be inserted.

The object of my invention is to provide a picture box arranged to have a plurality ofpicture cards locked therein, with means extending outside of the box for manipulation of the cards into viewing position, with the box having suitable lenses for viewing both sides of the cards.

A further object is to provide a support for the picture cards which can readily be removed and replaced in the box,

A still further object is to provide a support for the picture box which locks the box.

- A still further object is to provide illuminating means for the pictures.

My invention will be further readily under stood from the following description and claims, and from the drawings, in which latter:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the display box.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the card holder removed from the box and without the cards mounted thereon.

Fig, 4 is a vertical section of the box, taken in the plane of the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section, partly broken away, taken in the plane of the line 5--5 of Fig. 4, and;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail section, taken in the plane of the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

My improved device comprises a housing H, having side walls 12 and end walls i3. Angularly positioned top members I4 are secured to the walls. The bottom l5 has an elongated opening l6 therein. the sides of which are provided with rabbets IT for reception of the card holder 18. The opening it extends throughout the length of the box and the end walls It are cut away as at I!) above said opening. The top 1 members are each provided with a pair of lenses 2%.

The ends of the box are provided with window openings -25. Ground glass window panes cover said openings being supported in guides 21, to provide light to the interior of the box.

An electric light 28 is secured to the upper portion of one of the end walls to provide light within the box, if the box is so positioned that insufficient light penetrates the windows 25.

Card holders 29 are secured to the respective sides of the box for holding suitable cards 36, which may have an advertising legend thereon.

'The card holder i8 has upturned ends 3! with extensions 32 arranged to engage the inner face of the end walls to position the holder endwise in the bottom of the box. A latch 33 is pivoted on the base of the holder and engages the base by overlapping the rabbets H to hold the holder in the box. A circular openin 34 in the base of the holder permits the insertion of a pin into the hole 35 in the latch for moving the latch into engagement with the rabbets or free of the base of the box. Stops 38 and 3'! limit the movement of the latch.

Members 40 having upwardly extending lips 4| are'secured to each end of the base of the holder I8 andarched guides 42 are secured thereto as by screws 43. Bars 44 having elongated holes 65 are received on the guides and are arranged in staggered relation, whereby the ends 46 will extend beyond the face of the box through the opening between the upturned ends 3! and the recesses I9 in the ends of the box.

The bars 44 are also provided with apertures through which clips 41 are received to attacha pair of cards 48 to each bar'with the faces of the cards exposed outwardly. Clips ii! secure the upper edges of each pair of cards together.

The cards are assembled on the bars and the bars placed on the guides, after which the guides are secured to the holder. Thus the unit assembly can be inserted into the box or removed and replaced by another assembly.

For boxes that are set in public places, I have provided means for locking the box to the table. This means consists of a plate 5i! attached to the table as by screws 52. One end of the plate is provided with upwardly and inwardly extending lips 53 received in slots 54 in the box and the other end of the plate has an upwardly extending flange 55 from which an ear 56 extends. An ear 5? on the box can be locked to the ear 56 as by a padlock 58. This plate covers the latch hole 35, thereby preventing removal of the box or the removal of the pictures.

To view the pictures, the ends of the top bar are grasped and the picture card can be moved on the guides to bring it into focus. After viewing the picture the card can then be moved on the guides to the other side of the box out of line of vision. When all of the cards have been viewed from one set of lenses, the cards will be in position to be viewed from the other set of Patent is:

1. In a picture display box, an enclosed box, a

removable holder extending into the box, said holder forming part of the base of said box with means for locking said holder to said box, guides extending upwardly from said holder, bars slidable on said guides, and picture cards secured to said bars.

2. In a picture display box, an enclosed box, a removable holder extending into the box, said holder forming part of the base of said box with means for locking said holder to said box, guides extending upwardly from said holder, bars slidable on said guides, picture cards secured to said bars, and said bars extending outside said box.

3. In a picture display box, an enclosed box, a removable holder extending into said box, said holder forming part of the base of said box with means for locking said holder to said box, guides extending upwardly from said holder, bars slidable on said guides, picture cards secured to said bars, and said bars having staggered ends extending outside said box for manipulation of said cards.

4. A'picture display box having in combination an enclosed housing, lenses in the top of said housing, an opening in the base of said housing, recesses in the end walls adjacent to said base, a card holder removably secured in said opening in said base, a pair of guides on said holder, bars slidable on said guides and having the ends thereof extending outside said housing, cards secured to each bar, and said bars manipulated from outside said housing to move said cards on said guides into visual alignment with said lenses.

A picture display box having in combination an enclosed housing, lenses in the top of said housing, an opening in the base of said housing, recesses in the end walls adjacent to said base, a card holder removably secured in said opening in said base, a pair of guides on said holder, bars slidable on said guides and having the ends thereof extending outside said housing, cards secured to each bar, said bars manipulated from outside said housing to move said cards on said guides into visual alignment with said lenses, and a fixed card holder on each side of the interior of said box.

6. A picture display box having in combination an enclosed housing, lenses in the top of said housing, an opening in the base of said housing, recesses in the end walls adjacent to said base, a card holder removably secured in said Openin in said base, a pair of guides on said holder, bars slidable on said guides and having the ends thereof extending outside said housing, cards on each bar, and means for illuminating the interior of said box.

'7. A picture display box having in combination an enclosed housing, lenses in the top of said housing, an opening in the base of said housing, recesses in the end walls adjacent to said base, a card holder removably secured in said opening in said base, said holder provided with upwardly extending flanges for positioning said holder in the box, a pair of guides on said holder, bars slidable on said guides and having the ends thereof extending outside said housing, cards secured to each bar, and said bars manipulated from outside said housing to move said cards into visual alignment with said lenses.

8. A picture display box having in combination an enclosed housing, lenses in the top of said housing, an opening in the base of said housing, recesses in the end wallsadjacent to said base, a card holder removably secured in'said opening in said base, said holder provided with upwardly extending flanges for positioning said holder in the box, a latch for locking said holder in the box, a pair of guides on said holder, bars slidable on said guides, cards secured to each bar, and said bars extending in staggered relation outside said hous- RICHARD R. WHI'IING. 

